Political Economy

Elizabeth Yeampierre , Naomi Klein
Imagine a Puerto Rico Recovery Designed by Puerto Ricans
01 Nov 2017
“Puerto Ricans are wise to shock doctrine tactics.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Let White Supremacy “Fucking Die”
31 Oct 2017
Sociology professor Johnny Williams is sitting out this semester under an imposed leave of absence from Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut, after a rightwing organization wh
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Huey P. Newton Conference at Temple University
31 Oct 2017
The Black and Brown Coalition at Philadelphia’s Temple University held a day-long conference on the works of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A Glimpse of Life Under Israeli Apartheid
31 Oct 2017
Christie Love, the New York City DJ and political activist, reported to the group “Existence is Resistance” on her ten-day trip to Israeli-occupied Palestine.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Socialism or Amazonism
26 Oct 2017
“Jeff Bezos and his ilk have used their political power to create an economic order of near absolute worker insecurity.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: AFRICOM is the Question
25 Oct 2017
“They use ludicrous terms like ‘gold star family’ and make the case for continued American aggression around the world.”
Gaye Theresa Johnson , Alex Lubin
On the Futures of Black Radicalism in These Times
25 Oct 2017
“The book calls for a liberation rooted in Black radicalism, but applicable to everyone made unfree by racial capitalism.”
Bill Quigley
The Blueprint for the Most Radical City on the Planet
25 Oct 2017
“The long range plan is to participate in a radical transformation of the entire state of Mississippi and ultimately the radical democratic and economic transformation of the United Sta
Jeremy Stahl
Trump May Have Made Colin Kaepernick’s Case
25 Oct 2017
“If it can be proved that any opposing team officials openly or implicitly discussed retaliating against Kaepernick in this way, that certainly sounds like goo
Immanuel Ness
The Relevance of the Soviet Revolution to Today’s Struggle
25 Oct 2017
“The lessons from the Soviet era are a vivid reminder that socialism is not a utopian ideal, but a historical reality that workers must fight for.”